Skate-fastening



(Model.)

B. H. BARNEY.

SKATE FASTENING.

No.248,2 '73. V Patented 001;. 18,1881.

.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

EVERETT H. BARNEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Paten-t No. 248,273, dated October 18, 1881.

Application filed March 25, 1881.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EVERETT H. BARNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skate-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the details of the construction of devices for forcing the sole and heel clamps of a skate against the sole and heel of a boot to fasten the skate to the latter; the object being to provide improved devices for opcratin g the sole-clamps of a skate transversely under the sole-plate and the heel-clamp longitudinally under the heel-plate from one source ofpower, and such devices as permit of conveniently adjusting said clamps to different-sizes of boots, and such as can be wholly operated without keys or implements other than the parts proper of the fasteuings themselves, and can be almost instantaneously detached from the skate. 1

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of thebottom of the skate embodying my improvements, in which the runner in the rear of the sole-plate is broken away, and in which the heel portion of the skate is shown partly in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the skate-fastening devices detached from the skate. Fig.4 isaviewof the screwed clamp-rod detached from the other parts of the skatefastenings.

1n the drawings, a is the sole-plate. runner. c are the sole-clamps. i3 is a soleclamp pivot and nut. h is a clamp-rod. n is the heel-plate. 0 is the heeLcIamp. 'v is a turning-lever, pivoted on rod h.

The construction of the sole-plate and soleclamps, and the meansfor securin gthelatter under the sole-plate a by studs having elongated heads, as shown herein, are substantially the same as those shown and described in my patent of May 2, 1876, to which reference may be had, and theconstruction of the heel-platesupporti'ng brackets shown herein, whereby they spread under said heel-plate and have a longitudinal chamber for the reception of the hollow shank of the heel-clamp, is also substantially like that shown in my patent of February 20, 1877, and the heel-clamp o and eis the (Model.)

the clamp-rod 11-, shown herein, are constructed and operated much like those shown in the last-named patent, the difference being that the cam-lever there shown is herein replaced by the turning-lever c. The ends of the sole, clamps c, which meet in the rear of the sole plate, are so formed as to overlap each other, and are perforated to receive the pivot-nut i, upon which they swing as the clamp-jaws move to and from the edge of the sole-plate. The said pivot-until is perforated transversely and tapped to receive the screwed end of the clamprod h, as shown herein. The turning-lever c is, pivoted to one end of said clamp-rod, as shown,and serves as an abutment against which the heel-clamp bears as said rod is screwed into the pivot-nut i to force the clamps against the boot, and its form allows of its being turned up, as in Fig. 2, out of the way after the skate is fastened on, and the strain upon it occasioned by screwing up rod h keeps it in an upright position while the skate is being worn.

If desired, the clamp-rod It may be made as shown in Fig. 4, in which case the turninglever 11 may be dispensed with and said rod be operated by a hollow key fitting the squared end of said rod, Fig. 4.

The operation of my improved skate-fastening devices is as follows: The turning-lever e is turned down to the position shown in Fig. 3, and by turning it the clamp-rod h is unscrewed from the nut 6 until the jaws of the sole-clamps and the heel-clamp are free to be moved sufiiciently far from the edges of the sole-plate and from the rear of the heel'plate to permit of placing a boot thereupon between said clamp-jaws, when said clamp-rod h is, by the aid of said turning-lever, screwed back into the pivot-nut 73 until said pivot-nut -i is drawn back toward the heel-plate, drawing with it the clampsc under the sole-plate, causing them to slide on the studs w thereon and their upright jaws to be forced against the boot-sole, when the rod h will be drawn forward, forcing the heel-clamp strongly against the rear of the heel and forcibly locking all of the clamps against the boot. The lever '0 may now be turned up out of the way, as in Fig. 2. The skate is removed from the boot by unscrewing rod h, whereby said clamps are again freed. To detach the sole and heel-clamps from the skate the rod his unscrewed quite out from the pivot-nut i, when said rod and the heel-clamp may be drawn out from under the heel-plate, and by removing the pivot-nut, which is now free, from the ends of the sole-clamps, the ends of the latter may be swung apart until the long heads of the studs 00 in the sole-plate willpass through theslots in the clamps 0, when thelatter may be freely removed from said sole-plate.

The great advantages of the construction herein described over others inwhich similar sole and heelclamps have been employed consist in the simple and effective means provided for operating all of said clamps through the single element, the rod h, which may be turned with any suitable key. This is made practicable by uniting the rear ends of the soleclamps c 0 upon the nut i, upon which said clamps pivot, and so arranging said nut that it is forced to more rear wardly upon rod h as the latter is turned with sufficient power to carry the jaws of the sole-clamps efl'ectively against the boot-sole. The said sole-clamps,in

combination with the nut a and rod h, when the latter is allowed to pass from the rear end of the skate under the heel-plate, and be stopped in its forward movement by a collar fixed upon it, as in Fig. 4, which abuts against the rear partof the skate, constitute a most effective and simple fastening device for the sole-plate, andsaid parts may be so used without the heelclamp herein shown.

I do not claim a threaded rod carrying a nut arranged to operate two pivoted clamps; but

I claim- The combination of the longitudinal clamprod h, sole-clamps c c, sliding and vibrating on the pins .1", and nut i, constituting the pivot of both clamps, connecting thelatter and adapted to the threaded end of the rod h, substantially as set forth.

EVERETT H. BARNEY.

Vitnesses A. L. RICE, H. A. CHAPIN. 

